salacity
Lustful, crude behavior
Salacity is the quality of being salacious—lustful, lewd, or preoccupied with sexual matters.
The word describes an excessive or inappropriate interest in sex: the salacity of tabloid headlines, a novel criticized for its salacity.
It carries a note of disapproval, suggesting something crude or prurient rather than genuinely erotic.
Crude sexual indecency
- lasciviousnessOvert sexual impropriety
- prurienceLustful, unhealthy curiosity
- smuttinessIndecent or vulgar quality
- bawdinessIndecent or vulgar quality
ribaldry · carnality · licentiousness · lubricity · indecency · indelicacy · coarseness · crudeness
Extreme indulgence in vices
- perversionCorruption or deviant distortion
- immoralityQuality of being wicked
- licentiousnessExcessive disregard for morality
- lecheryExcessive sexual indulgence
lustfulness · concupiscence · wantonness · dissoluteness · libertinism · profligacy · turpitude · decadence
Implying more than said
- allureAttractive, tempting quality
- titillationPleasurable, teasing excitement
- provocativenessTendency to challenge reactions
- flirtatiousnessPlayfully romantic manner
coquettishness · enticement · tantalizing · teasing · risqué · sauciness · cheekiness · naughtiness
lewdness
Crude sexual indecency
- lasciviousnessOvert sexual impropriety
- prurienceLustful, unhealthy curiosity
- smuttinessIndecent or vulgar quality
bawdiness · ribaldry · carnality · licentiousness · lubricity · indecency · indelicacy · coarseness · crudeness · filthiness
debauchery
Extreme indulgence in vices
- perversionCorruption or deviant distortion
- immoralityQuality of being wicked
- licentiousnessExcessive disregard for morality
lechery · lustfulness · concupiscence · wantonness · dissoluteness · libertinism · profligacy · turpitude · decadence · corruption
suggestiveness
Implying more than said
- allureAttractive, tempting quality
- titillationPleasurable, teasing excitement
- provocativenessTendency to challenge reactions
flirtatiousness · coquettishness · enticement · tantalizing · teasing · risqué · sauciness · cheekiness · naughtiness · innuendo
salacitychastity
Abstaining from sexual activity
purity · modesty · decency · prudishness · innocence
salacitywholesomeness
Quality of being good
propriety · decorum · virtue · rectitude · uprightness